The video below is fascinating. It’s simply random interviews with folks on Wall Street about the topics of computers, bureaucracy, and their jobs. Everything these people were concerned about is, oh, about a hundred times worse now, so they honestly didn’t know how good they had it. It’s chilling to think that the youngest people in this are around 80 years old now, and the middle-aged folks are long dead.
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Ratio Charts Update
I’ve gone through my entire ratio chart list (that is, those charts compromised of two or more symbols to create a unique presentation of some financial information) and wanted to share the most interesting ones with you.
The first is the simplest: it is the NASDAQ 100 index divided by the Russell 2000. Ever since 2006, this has been climbing relentlessly, demonstrating how massively valued tech has become. Keep in mind, this isn’t just illustrating the growth of the market; it is showing the growth of the market divided by the growth of the same (U.S. common stocks) market, but with different components.
Recent Highlights
Here are nine stock charts from my “Recent” watch list (that is, stocks that are relatively young). They aren’t necessarily bullish or bearish. They’re just……………..interesting.
Intellectual Property
I was doing a trademark search (don’t ask) on my old company, and I found this oddly amusing:
Crypto Musings
Let’s touch base on crpyto, shall we? We begin with the biggest of the big, Bitcoin, which didn’t exist when Barack Obama first entered the White House and is now “worth” about $2 trillion. It has had a sensational recovery since April 7th, but the cold fact of the matter is that its price isn’t any different than it was in December 2024. Six months of an EXTREMELY pro-crypto administration, and………….zilch.
